CSAD Biennial Conference: "A Nation of Immigrants?"

"Immigration Control and the Open Society" by Chandran Kukathas, March 26, 7:30 p.m. | Archon Auditorium (Oden L001)

Kukathas is a professor of political science at Singapore Management University and a former chair of political theory and head of the Department of Government at the London School of Economics.

"Life on the Move" by Caitlin Dickerson, March 27, 11:10 a.m. | Archon Auditorium (Oden L001)

Dickerson is a staff writer for the The Atlantic and a 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner for Explanatory Writing for "We Need to Take Away the Children."

"Ethical Considerations in Immigration Policy," March 26, 3-5 p.m. | Community Foundation Theater

• Christopher (Kit) Wellman, professor of philosophy, Washington University in St. Louis; co-author of “Debating the Ethics of Immigration” (Oxford University Press, 2011)

• Philip Cafaro, professor of philosophy, Colorado State University; author of “How Many Is Too Many? The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States” (University of Chicago Press, 2015)

• Tisha Rajendra, associate professor of Christian ethics, Loyola University Chicago, author of “Migrants and Citizens: Justice as Responsibility in the Ethics of Immigration” (Eerdmans Press, 2017).

• Nancy Powers (moderator), associate director of the Center for the Study of American Democracy and assistant professor of political science, Kenyon College

"Reactions and Consequences: The Politics of Recent Immigration Patterns and Policies," March 27, 8:45-10:45 a.m. | Community Foundation Theater

• David J. Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, is an expert on legal immigration, border security and interior enforcement. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today and many other print and online publications. He was formerly a senior policy adviser for Rep. Raúl Labrador (R‑ID), who chaired the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  

• Daniel Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science and director of the Program for Democratic Governance, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, University of Oregon; author of “Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America” (Princeton University Press, 2002).

• David Leal, professor, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin; co-editor of “Immigration and the Border: Politics and Policy in the New Latino Century” (University of Notre Dame Press, 2013) and of “Migration in an Era of Restriction and Recession: Sending and Receiving Nations in a Changing Global Environment” (Springer, 2016).

• Joseph Klesner (moderator), director of the Center for the Study of American Democracy and professor of political science, Kenyon College

"Immigrants, Refugees, and the Law," March 27, 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Community Foundation Theater

• Laura Tuell, Firmwide Pro Bono partner, Jones Day

• Christine Dutko, children’s program staff attorney, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN)

• Melissa Crow, director of litigation, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies

• Christopher Levesque (moderator), assistant professor of law and society and sociology, Kenyon College

"Immigration in Ohio," March 27, 4-6 p.m. | Newman Room, Lowell House

• Gina Pérez, professor of comparative American studies, Oberlin College; author of “Citizen, Student, Soldier: Latina/o Youth, JROTC and the American Dream” (New York University Press, 2015) and “Sanctuary People: Faith-Based Organizing in Latina/o Communities” (New York University Press, 2024).

• Michele Leiby, associate professor of political science, College of Wooster; co-principal investigator of a book project on rural Latinos in Ohio; co-author of “Human rights organizations as agents of change,” American Political Science Review (2015)

• Angela Plummer, executive director, Community Refugee and Immigration Services, Columbus

• Jeff Stewart, director, Immigrant Worker Project, Canton, Ohio